We generally think of pregnancy as a continuous process, but scientists have recently discovered mechanisms that allow for ...

Pacific Whale Foundation has opened registration for its winter Ocean Camp, a week-long science and culture program for ...

The human penis is 'conservative' compared to other members of the animal kingdom - and now a scientist reveals why this is.

New research has dramatically expanded the known roster of mammals on Earth. A new review published in the Journal of ...

New research has revealed that marine mammals who live far below the ocean's surface are not immune from the burden of toxic ...

Most birds and mammals rely on their eyes to sense daylight, but a new study finds fish also directly “see” daylight with the pituitary gland in their brains. A team of researchers led by UMass ...

Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was ...

Humans spent centuries trying to tame zebras—but nature made sure they’d always stay wild.

Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is revealing their evolutionary relationships, leading to some surprises.

One of the most relevant characteristics of biodiversity, is the fact that it doesn’t occurs in uniform ways, because of that, the spatial patterns of richness have been an object of study for a long ...

You won’t be drinking it any time soon, but the aquatic mammal’s milk is much more chemically complex than that of other ...

Cancer is a common disease among mammals, but some species, such as the naked mole rat and elephants, have evolved resistance ...